Phylicia Rashad News

Good morning. Today is the 170th day of the year. It is the birth anniversary of Moe Howard, one of the Three Stooges.

The Washington Post's Robin Givhan goes all gooey for Michelle Obama again at the top of the Style section on Friday, comparing the First Lady to Clair Huxtable, or as explained by the caption under their pictures: "As portrayed by Phylicia Rashad, Clair Huxtable was an accomplished yet down-to-earth figure.

Below are BroadwayWorld.com's blogs from Thursday, June 18, 2009. Catch up below on anything that you might have missed from BroadwayWorld.com's bloggers! Phylicia Rashad & Marilyn Maye by Michael Dale - June 18, 2009 While the casting of Phylicia Rashad as the manipulative, pill-addicted matriarch of Oklahoma's abundantly dysfunction Al West on ...

Robert Osborne's eclectic column, which he has been writing since 1982, extends from Hollywood to Broadway.

The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning August: Osage County will end its Broadway run June 28 at the Music Box Theatre, producers announced late June 17.

Tracy Letts ' AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, winner of five 2008 Tony Awards, as well as the 2008 Pulitzer Prize, and currently starring Tony and Emmy award winner Phylicia Rashad , will play its final performance on SUNDAY, JUNE 28th, 2009.

LAST week I reported Jamie Foxx , Patti LaBelle , Phylicia Rashad , Mariah , Quincy , Cosby , Prince helped celebrate the Apollo's 75th birthday.

Tonight the Apollo Theater celebrated its 75th anniversaryA A and the common thread from all of the celebrities, as they walked on the red carpet, was that the Apollo has always had the toughest crowds.

It is now confirmed that the Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' Cat On A Hot Tin Roof , will open at the Novello Theatre on 1 Dec 2009, following previews from 22 Nov - booking to 10 Apr 2010.

Disharmony results when Rudy, who has her heart set on the cymbals, is asked to play the violin.

Playing August: Osage County 's matriarch Violet Weston requires a strenuous combination of pill-popping, havoc-wreaking, and stair-climbing from an actress.

Phylicia Rashad .jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="10" width="200"> SMART TALK Connected Conversations presents An Evening with Phylicia Rashad Monday, June 1, 2009 at 8:00 PM at the State Theatre, 15 Livingston Avenue New Brunswick Tickets: $50, $60, $75 & $85 Tickets may be order by phone 246-7469; on line www.statetheatrenj.org ; or by ...

Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad joins the asylum of characters in Broadway's Tony Award-winning August: Osage County on May 26, playing the pill-poppin', bruising matriarch Violet Weston, at the Music Box Theatre.

PHYLICIA RASHAD is a mother who gets around. She killed her own children in a jealous rage as Medea.

Clair throws a birthday party for Cliff, and has trouble hiding her dislike for one of his friends.

Some members from the cast of The Cosby Show were on the Today show this morning to reminisce.

Vanessa wants to impress two girls and make the pep squad; Rudy wants to learn to play checkers.

James Earl Jones and Phylicia Rashad are set to star in the West End revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof .

From Lucy to Livia, these moms of the small screen are unforgettable. Through the years, TV moms have undergone a sea change--from the suburban housewives of the 1960s, such as Donna Reed and June Cleaver who never met a kitchen they didn't love, to the working class single moms of the 1970s, like Alice Hyatt and Ann Romano , to the more realistic ...

Come on, admit it. When you hear the name Phylicia Rashad, you can't help but get all nostalgic.